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Locality Name:
Bulhoek (Bulhoekkop), Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa


mindat Locality ID: 57521
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-57521.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bulhoek (Bulhoekkop), Rustenburg (Rustenburg District), Bojanala Platinum District, North West, South Africa": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Vaalkop Dam

Latitude: 25°18'19"S
Longitude: 27°28'3"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -25.305277777778,27.4675

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ba C Ca Fe H Mg Na O S Si Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AragoniteBaryteBrookiteCalciteChloriteClayCorundumDiasporeGypsumMarcasite
NoneNot in a structural groupPyriteQuartzRutileSmectite-vermiculite

17 IMA Minerals at location:
Anatase  (*)Ankerite  (*)Aragonite  (*)Baryte  (*)Brookite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Clinochlore  (*)Dolomite  (*)Goethite  (*)Gypsum  (*)
Hematite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO211068212162
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)211068213092
Aragonite  (*)AragoniteCa(CO3)11068213250
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)110682111547
Brookite  (*)BrookiteTiO21106821700
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110682127770
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)811068211756
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)211068219895
Goethite  (*)DiasporeFeO(OH)11068217437
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O11068216890
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3110682114640
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211068215674
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O11068211508
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110682139462
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2110682161156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211068215614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11068216417



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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